For me that was the line of the night, probably since Ayden has been watching so much Star Wars of late, and it's doublely funny when you consider that the 3D version of Phantom Menace is going to be released in theaters next month. It's good to have Nolan and Emily friends again, it just makes the show fun.
So speaking of fun, a little spoiler warning, but then again if you are reading this then you probably already saw the big reveal. I was 50% right, I just knew that Emily had a sibling, I just guessed the wrong one, but in hindsight Daniel would have been just a little too creepy. Charlotte Grayson/Clarke your character just got a lot more interesting and we get to see why the hell we should actually give a crap about you. It doesn't change the fact that she's a boring character, so far, but there is hope. What are the odds that she finds out the truth before season end? Vegas odds (mine that is) have it at even money.
The great thing about Charlotte though is now we understand the July 4th reveal that Victoria regretted having her. At least it's not like Victoria was sleeping with the housekeeper (Hi Arnold). Here is something else that you might not have noticed, last week was a repeat, do you know which repeat? It was the July 4th episode. Next time there is a repeat, we might have to do a little more investigation as to why they are replaying a given episode. Anyway for now there are about a million directions that the Charlotte storyline could go so I'll let that rest until next week. For all we know next week she could end up in the corner of a luggage room crying her eyes out.
Getting back to the old formula of Emily setting up a target and knocking them down, which I liked seeing again, this week our victim was the writer that damned her father in a book so convincing that even Emily believed it. Which begs one question... If Emily was convinced that her Dad really was evil, than how did she come around to the idea of getting revenge on the people that did him in? I might be missing something.
Oh and while I'm thinking about it, I get the feeling that David Clarke is still alive and will show up next season. Just a hunch, based on my love child theory, maybe it will be Emily's mom.
Back to our stylish dressing (kidding) writer friend Mason. Turns out that Mason had been hired by David to find the truth that David was innocent, but through his investigation Mason ran into the Graysons and their manipulative power. I really liked his come initial comeback when they threatened to sue him, he had nothing to lose. Let's think about this for a minute, every character on the show is centered around something that they don't want to lose, wealth, power, love, a bar, an identity, living in a closet, and in all cases the threat of losing that is a very big motivator. But with Mason that wasn't an issue, he had nothing, so the traditional power of taking something away that someone held dear no longer applied. Instead the Graysons had to give him wealth and fame, so that they could control him with the threat of losing it all.
Taking a nerd tangent for a minute... After watching a lot of Star Wars 3 over the past couple of weeks, Anakin's turn to the dark side comes from his fear of losing what he holds dear, Padamay (however you spell it). Even Yoda says, "You must free yourself from all the things that you fear to lose." In the end Anakin's fear controls him and he go about slaughtering children in order to keep what he has. In the end though he is the reason why she dies and he's left to live with that guilt, thus becoming the Darth Vader that we all know and love.
Getting back on track here, Victoria and Conrad are heading for a battle where all that they hold dear is at risk and their children are getting in the middle of the battle. Any thought that their little power war might end up costing them both their children? Could Emily crush Daniel and then turn around and pick up Charlotte as her sister that has been betrayed and lied to her entire life?
And what the heck is going on with Ashley? I don't like her as a bad guy. Going downstairs on Victoria's behalf to tell Emily that the only reason that Daniel might be marrying her is so that he can get his trust back. Really Ashley, go back to planning your parties.
Daniel is becoming quite the important guy isn't he? First Emily sets him up so that he gets the in route to his father's company and now he has the power to over throw the Emperor with his stock, you could say he's a "force" to be reckoned with... Wait a minute where have I seen this story before... Young son of powerful man has the power but lacks the ability to over throw his evil father, go watch Star Wars 5, The Empire Strikes back. "Luke, I am your father." "NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" Holy crap it gets even better!!!
Remember in SW5 that Luke doesn't complete his training with master Yoda so that he can fly to the cloud city to save his friends? Yoda tried to get him to stay and finish his training, but Luke said that he would come back. Daniel told Emily last night that he was going to put business school on hold so that he could go work for his father thereby putting him in a position to help his mother. Do we see some parallels!!! Of course we all know what happens in that scenario, Han gets frozen in crabonite and Luke gets his had cut off finding out that he is no match for Darth Vader. Supposedly it's Daniel that gets shot at the engagement party, up until now I was doubting that it was really him, but thinking about it, it has to be. I mean if the story continues to follow the Empire Strikes Back plot Daniel has to get shot, but his Dad's bidding of all things. But Conrad would never try to kill Daniel. Really, he is to blame for 200 people dying in a plane crash just so that he could protect his empire, is it really that much of a stretch (on this show of all places) to say that he wouldn't try to have him killed in an effort to keep the company and his billions?
In the end Daniel will be fine and he will overthrow his Dad, I think that's part of Emily's plan, but will Daniel then do the heel turn? "I am more powerful then him, I can overthrow him." - Anakin Skywalker Or will we get the, "I sense there is still good in you." - Luke Skywalker
Ok maybe I'm taking the Star Wars thing a little too far, but hey Nolan did bring it up. For the record Nolan is great!
I just got off on a major tangent so back Mason. Victoria tells Mason that she wants him to find out why Amanda is back in town, eventually leading to an interview between the two (I'm skipping the whole Coyote Ugly scene). The scene on the porch was Amanda at her best, and honestly for a character that we all despise, that was some pretty good stuff that she was throwing out there. With Emily feeding the words Amanda got right into Mason's face and threatened everything that he held dear. Of course at the reading, faced between Victoria's threats and the threats of a girl mixing drinks who would you take serious? Maybe Mason should have looked back at his past life though because he forgot one big detail, people with nothing to lose can be very dangerous.
Mason of course ignores Amanda's threat which then sets Emily's plan B into motion, which I think she was expecting anyway. Plan B uses Nolan to take Mason away so that they can discuss his biography, while Emily dons her black hoodie and does a little breaking and entering, and a little Arson just for good measure. And then just to make sure that she would be safe from being discovered that lighter that Amanda was playing with during the interview and lighting drinks on fire at the bar, was conveniently left on the desk at the scene of the crime. Setting up Amanda to take the fall.
But wait, if Amanda were to take the fall, wouldn't she reveal that she isn't really Amanda and that Emily is? And that's where I think the shooting of Daniel by what appears to be Jack is going to come in. Fake Amanda is going to have to die, and just after Jack falls in love with her on his trip to Atlantic City with her. Just seems like an accidental death at the hands of Daniel coming soon. I mean why all the gun play? "Someone loves their 2nd amendment rights." - Nolan The whole scene screams of foreshadowing.
And with that I leave you for the day. Until next week when we'll have to suffer through watching Ben bore women to death in San Francisco.
May the Force be with you, always...
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